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People in west Sydney made to feel like criminals in own homes, inquiry told: as it happened
Gladys Berejiklian announces NSW home quarantine trial; NSW youth corrections officer dies of Covid. This blog is now closed
New Doherty modelling advises 'medium' Covid restrictions until 80% vaccination target reached
Youth corrections officer dies from Covid
Covid vaccine rollout and rates tracker; Cases, trends and data tracker
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced the state will commence a trial of seven-day home quarantine at the end of September. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP
Michael McGowan now, Ben Doherty and Matilda Boseley earlier
Fri 17 Sep 2021 05.12 EDT First published on Thu 16 Sep 2021 17.49 EDT
3.25am EDT 03:25 Rapid antigen testing to help restart jury trials in NSW
2.53am EDT 02:53 Youth corrections officer in New South Wales has died from Covid-19
2.16am EDT 02:16 Western Sydney lockdowns, curfews leave residents 'totally alienated' from rest of city
1.11am EDT 01:11 NSW: Hilltops LGA to go into lockdown
12.37am EDT 00:37 NSW: Glen Innes Severn shire to go into lockdown
12.22am EDT 00:22 New Doherty modelling advises 'medium' Covid restrictions until Australia reaches 80% vaccination
12.13am EDT 00:13 First Moderna doses to arrive in Australia tonight
4.17am EDT 04:17
What we learned, Friday 17 September.
That's where I will leave you for tonight. Here's what we learned:
New modelling by the Doherty Institute being presented to national cabinet warns that maintaining "medium" public health and social measures would be "prudent" until Australia reaches 80% vaccination if caseloads are high.
The local government areas of Hilltops and Glen Innes in New South Wales will be placed into lockdown from 6pm Friday for seven days due to an increased Covid-19 public health risk.
People in west and south-west Sydney have been traumatised and made to feel like criminals in their own homes, an inquiry into the state government's handling of the pandemic has heard.
The inquiry also heard a youth corrections officer has died from Covid-19 after the outbreak within the state's prison system.
NSW will begin a trial of home quarantine for returned international residents. Fully vaccinated travellers in the trial will only need to quarantine for seven days not 14.
NSW also recorded 1,284 new cases and 12 deaths including two women in their 20s.
Victoria recorded 510 new cases and one death. From this weekend Melburnians will be able picnic outside with members of another household. This can be groups of five if everyone is fully vaccinated or two if not.
ACT has recorded 30 new cases, one of its highest-ever days.
Queensland recorded one new case, a close contact of the Sunnybank cluster who was in home quarantine.
The Chinese embassy in Canberra has accused the Australian and US governments of a "staged farce" after ministers at the Ausmin talks criticised China over a range of issues including human rights in Xinjiang.
South Australia's premier has promised that everyone working on the old French attack-class submarines will find work again in the state, many on the new nuclear program.
Tasmania will begin a trial of home quarantine for fully vaccinated residents returning from regional NSW.
New Zealand will not be reopening its trans-Tasman travel bubble any time soon, as case numbers in Australia rise and numbers in New Zealand continue to drop.
Updated at 5.12am EDT
The Victorian government is introducing some extraordinary measures to prevent anti-lockdown protestors entering Melbourne tomorrow.
AAP reports that Melburnians heading into the city for a Covid-19 vaccination will have to show proof to pass through police roadblocks as the CBD is effectively turned into a no-go zone for Saturday's planned rally, with public transport to and from the city suspended from 8am to 2pm and road checkpoints set up.
Emergency and essential workers will still be let in, along with thousands of people scheduled to get a vaccine dose at one of the two city-based hubs.
Victoria's Covid-19 commander, Jeroen Weimar, on Friday confirmed 2,700 bookings at Jeff's Shed and Melbourne Museum will go ahead, although no further appointments were being taken.
Despite the public transport network shutdown and no alternative arrangements being made, Weimar said there had not been a significant cancellation of bookings.
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Rapid antigen testing to help restart jury trials in NSW
Routine rapid antigen testing will be introduced into the nation's largest criminal court in order to return jury trials to Sydney.
Jurors will also need to be fully vaccinated to serve on trials as the NSW district court tries to address a growing backlog.
The court on Friday said it would build on social distancing measures implemented in 2020, which included larger jury rooms, individualised meals for jurors, and mandatory face-mask wearing.
About 200 trials have been vacated and countless others delayed since Sydney entered its current lockdown on June 26.
Other than select regional areas no longer in lockdown, most district courts – including those in Sydney and Newcastle – are not holding jury trials. The new jury trial regime will commence on 25 October.
Sydney's Downing Centre District Court was closed last month after a confirmed Covid case Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA
Chief judge justice Derek Price said the court had done "everything possible during the lockdown to keep matters progressing" with judges hearing judge-alone trials, sentence matters, appeals and other matters virtually.
"I am pleased to outline the steps that will be taken to enable the return of jury trials in a way that is in the interests of the health and wellbeing of all court participants," he said.
Rapid antigen testing will apply to all court participants.
"If you get a juror summons, please answer it," attorney-general Mark Speakman said.
In a normal year, the district court holds about 1000 jury trials. It also stopped empanelling juries for three months last year as a result of the pandemic.
An interstate truck driver has been arrested by Queensland police after ramming through a border checkpoint at an inland town 300km west of Brisbane.
The driver was refused entry to Queensland in Goondiwindi on Thursday, then returned on Friday, before ramming through check point barriers at the Keetah Bridge crossing near Yelarbon. The man was arrested the next day in the border town of Texas.
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A man has been charged after allegedly driving a prime mover through the Covid-19 border blockade on Keetah Bridge in Yelarbon to enter Queensland from New South Wales, causing damage to the fencing. https://t.co/h34YFlBVwO pic.twitter.com/2b8SKy2gRV
Both towns are along the Queensland-NSW border and are routinely patrolled by police due to the state's Covid-19 entry restrictions.
Deputy police commissioner Steve Gollschewski said the driver has been charged with illegally entering Queensland in breach of a health order, and with wilful damage.
"That person was turned around. They didn't have a right of entry at Goondiwindi, chose to go to another border crossing at Texas, tried to drive through it in a truck – didn't work," he said.
The truck driver has since been returned to NSW but will face Queensland court at a later date.
Police carried out 16,000 vehicle checks in the past 24 hours, with 191 people turned around.
Guardian news (@guardiannews)
Covid-19 vaccine Australia rollout tracker by state: total number of people and per cent vaccinated, daily vaccine doses and rate of progress https://t.co/sVqq05xDz1
Youth corrections officer in New South Wales has died from Covid-19
A youth corrections officer in New South Wales has died from Covid-19 after the outbreak within the state's prison system, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
On Friday afternoon a parliamentary inquiry into the spiralling outbreak inside the prison system heard there are now more than 40 Covid-positive corrections staff within the state's prison system.
Those numbers do not include staff at the privately-run Parklea prison, where the outbreak began.
There are more than 300 Covid positive inmates across the prison system, including 84 indigenous people.
But the executive director of clinical operations at the justice health department, Wendy Hoey, has also confirmed that one officer has died as a result of the outbreak.
The inquiry is ongoing.
The man who ran the Minerals Council when it gave Scott Morrison a lacquered lump of coal that he took into parliament to goad the opposition has been appointed Australia's ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris.
Former Minerals Council boss Brendan Pearson was most recently a senior trade adviser in prime minister Scott Morrison's office and has held a number of roles in the department of foreign affairs and trade. He has also worked with global coal giant Peabody Energy.
Scott Morrison, then treasurer, with a lump of coal during question time in the House of Representatives in 2017. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
Former finance minister Mathias Cormann, for whom Pearson also previously worked, took on the role of OECD secretary general in June.
Pearson's appointment, like that of Cormann, has not been universally lauded.
Richie Merzian, climate & energy program director at the Australia Institute, said the appointment would damage Australia's reputation.
"The Australian Government already has a reputation as a lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry and the appointment of a fossil fuel lobbyist to represent Australia at the OECD in Paris does little more than cement this growing global perception.
"Mr Pearson not only has a history of exaggerating the benefits of coal and ignoring its costs, but he oversaw one of Australia's great public relations backfires, the 2015 'coal is amazing' ads."
The OECD provides advice, analysis and research on a range of issues including trade, health, employment, agriculture, aid, energy, education, the digital economy and environment policy.
While the ambassadorial role is usually staffed by a career diplomat, Pearson is not the first political appointment to the post. Wayne Swan's chief of staff Chris Barrett served as ambassador from 2011 to 2014.
Western Sydney lockdowns, curfews leave residents 'totally alienated' from rest of city
Tiffanie Turnbull reports for AAP:
People in west and southwest Sydney have been traumatised and made to feel like criminals in their own homes, an inquiry into the state government's handling of the pandemic has heard.
The majority of the 12 local government areas under the harshest lockdown restrictions are in the city's west and southwest, which are hubs of multiculturalism and home to many people from non-English speaking backgrounds.
A group of community leaders on Friday told the parliamentary inquiry people in the region feel "totally alienated from the rest of Sydney".
Many feel targeted because of their ethnicity.
While people in the city's east have been pictured sunbaking at Bondi, some in its west have been arrested for watching a relative's funeral at a distance from inside their car, the inquiry heard.
"We have been made to feel like criminals in our own homes," Arab Council of Australia chief executive Randa Kattan said.
"That's what happens when you find yourself flanked by police as you leave the 7-Eleven store.
"That's how it feels when you wake to hear choppers hovering overhead."
The disparity in lockdown approaches was embodied by the curfew placed on the hotspot areas, the council said.
Arab Council of Australia chief executive Randa Kattan. Photograph: Nikki Short/AAP
Premier Gladys Berejiklian had previously ruled out curfews, saying the measure did not work in the fight against Covid-19, but in late August introduced one after media pressure, claiming the advice from health and police had changed.
The curfew was this week lifted following a furious backlash, but community leaders say the damage has been done.
Amar Singh, President of Turbans 4 Australia, told the inquiry seeing military and police patrol the streets had been extremely triggering.
"Curfews is what we've heard of as migrant Australians from our mothers and grandmothers," he said.
"Bringing in those things mentally made a very big dent, a scar, on the average person living in southwest and west Sydney."
Kattan said the curfew broke a community "already on their knees" with the heavy lockdown.
"It is absolutely sadistic to roll it out when you have no evidence that it would work," she said.
"It was just another message that you don't matter."
The measure also added unnecessary financial and job-related stress, Unions NSW Secretary Mark Morey said, with the vast majority of people in the area not working nine-to-five jobs.
Shoppers wear face masks in Merrylands, in Sydney's west Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/EPA
NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Tony Cooke, who leads the southwest metropolitan area command, denied the area was being singled out.
"The numbers of fines across the three metropolitan regions are very, very similar," he said.
"In fact, more have been issued in the central metropolitan region than have been in southwestern Sydney."
NSW Health is holding a state-wide Covid-19 vaccination blitz this weekend (18–19 September 2021) to increase vaccinations among Aboriginal people.
Local health districts across NSW will have Aboriginal staff at 18 vaccination sites to provide a culturally safe place for Aboriginal people to get vaccinated.
"It's been very pleasing to see services working together to rollout vaccinations, especially during the challenges of the current outbreaks," Geri Wilson-Matenga, executive director Centre for Aboriginal Health, said.
"Working with our Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector is critical in enabling access to culturally safe vaccination options. These services have always provided the holistic wrap around care that is so important at this time."
Wiradjuri elder and indigenous rights activist Aunty Jenny Munro receives a Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in Redfern, Sydney Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
The NSW government is supporting Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) to manage vaccinations for Aboriginal people, providing $4 million to support Aboriginal vaccination outreach.
"Aboriginal people aged 12 years and over can access a Covid-19 vaccine. You can talk to your GP, Aboriginal Medical Service, Aboriginal Health Workers or any vaccination hubs about getting your vaccination," Wilson-Matenga said.
"Covid-19 vaccinations are safe, and will protect your and your parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, sisters and brothers from the virus. If you are vaccinated you are less likely to catch Covid-19, and less likely to pass the virus on if you do. You are also less likely to get really unwell and need to go to hospital," she said.
A full list of clinics participating in the Aboriginal vaccination blitz weekend is available here.
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Q: Java - Google Guava Multimap Issue I have implemented a LFU-like web cache replacement algorithm that works as follows: in every request I assign a weight given by 1/(p^reqIndex), where p is a weight factor and reqIndex is the index of the request (1st request, 2nd request etc.). For example, with p = 0.5 we have a weight 1 for the 1st request, 2 for the 2nd, 4 for the 3rd etc. Then in order to calculate the score of each requested item (which I call weighted frequency, weightFreq) I simply sum the corresponding weights. The requested items are distinguished simply by a numeric ID (an integer) which I call request ID (reqID). For example, if the 1st request is for the item with ID 7, the 2nd for the item with ID 3, and the 3rd again for the item with ID 7, then the item with ID 7 should have a score 1 + 4 = 5 (weight of 1st request + weight of 3rd request) while the item with ID 3 should have a score 2 (weight of 2nd request).
I use a ListMultimap (via the Google Guava library) for the weights since I should be able to have multiple values (weights) for a single key (reqID):
/** ListMultimap of reqID (K) and weights (V) */
private ListMultimap<Integer, Double> weights;

I use a simple map for the scores:
/** Map of reqID (K) and weightFreq (V) */
private Map<Integer, Double> weightFreqs;

Here is the getter method where I calculate and return the scores of the requested items:
/**
 * Getter for weighted frequency of the requested item
 * @param   request                             The requested item
 * @param   reqIndex                            The index of the request
 * @return  this.weightFreqs.get(request.reqID) weightFreq of the req. item
 */
public double getWeightFreq(Request request, int reqIndex) {

    // initialize weightFreq
    initWeightFreqs(request);

    // calculate weight
    weight = Math.pow(1/p, reqIndex);

    // put request along with its weight to the weights ListMultimap
    weights.put(request.reqID, weight);

    // scan keys of weights list-multimap
    for(Integer key : this.weights.keySet()) {

        // if the key is the requested item
        if (key == request.reqID) {

            // list of all weights for this key (reqID)
            List<Double> tempWeights = weights.get(key);

            // test
            logger.info("List of weights for request with ID: " +
                            request.reqID + " is: " + tempWeights);

            // sum of those weights
            int sum = 0;

            // scan the list
            for(int i = 0; i < tempWeights.size(); i++) {

                // sum the weights
                sum += tempWeights.get(i);

            }

            // assign the sum to the weightFreq value
            weightFreq = sum;

            // put reqID along with its weightFreq into weightFreqs map
            weightFreqs.put(request.reqID, weightFreq);

        }

    }

    // return weightFreq of requested item
    return this.weightFreqs.get(request.reqID);

}

As you can see, I included a test printing (list of weights for each reqID) in order to check the code. Now look what happen when I run the code. Again the same example, 1st request is for the reqID 7 and 2nd for the reqID 3. After the first request I get:
ReqID: 7 with weights: [1.0]
which is OK. But after the 2nd request I get:
ReqID: 7 with weights: [1.0]
ReqID: 3 with weights: [1.0, 2.0]
which is wrong! The correct one should be:
ReqID: 7 with weights: [1.0]
ReqID: 3 with weights: [2.0]
Thus, I get score (weightFreq) for reqID 3 equal to 3 (1+2) instead of 2 which is the correct one.
Note that I am learning programming only for the last 7 months or so and this is the 1st time I had to use a multimap (since I need to assign multiple values to a single key). I got the idea for doing so and the relevant info from here:
http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git/javadoc/com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html
It says about several different implementations of a multimap (ListMultimap, SetMultimap etc.), for the alternative of using a map of collections or asMap for doing the same via Google Guava etc.
I am not sure if I had understand something wrong regarding multimaps or if I have some error in my logic regarding the previous getter method. Any guidance will be appreciated.

A: No real idea what's going on here, but too much to say for a comment. You can surely fix it, just simplify it first. The test
key == request.reqID

is most probably wrong as you're dealing with Integers rather than with ints. In such cases never rely on auto(un)boxing and use either equals or intValue.
Your code is overcomplicated. You want to deal with the entries for request.reqID, so get them:
List<Double> tempWeights = weights.get(request.reqID);

Drop the outer loop and the if.
Simplify more, e.g., using the foreach loop
for (double d : tempWeights) sum += d;

When all the needless stuff is gone, you'll probably see the problem at once.

A: You might be working in a multithreaded environment. It seems like you could simplify the code, save memory and also make your computations atomic by introducing:
ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, RequestInfo> map = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();

class RequestInfo{
    double weight;
    List<Double> frequencies;  // consider using TDoubleArrayList from Trove4j
                               // for efficiency
    public synchronized addFrequency(double freq){
        ...
    }
}

And then use map.putIfAbsent to make an atomic insertion of an empty RequestInfo.

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Here in the eastern part of the Midwest we've been COVERED with snow. There is probably close to one foot of the white powdery stuff on the ground. I woke up to our Universities alert system letting me know we were know running on two hour delay, which means any classes before 10 am were cancelled. Then not to much later everything was cancelled. It was one of the best things to hear, and one of the rarest things all at once. So I went back to bed since now I could get up whenever I want and get some lunch.
After getting some extra sleep in and waking feeling very rejuvenated I wanted to get out and experience this foot of snow. Then the thought came to me, how can my iPhone help me when it comes to snow. Off to the app store I went, I searched for some apps that involve the snow. Many are made for you skiers out there. They show current conditions on the mountains with amount of snowfall,wind, etc… Thankfully I found some others that were fun to play with and free that didn't involve mountains as right now I'm in the middle of Indiana. A pretty flat place if you've never been. Very similar to Kansas…With that said here are my top 3 snow apps for your iPhone.
Snow touch is a simple app, I mean REALLY simple. It lets you watch snow fall, but with the effects of the accelormeter built in. As you can see you pick the density of snow flakes and how fast they fall. Completely customizable if you like to see your snow wind blow fast or falling slow and sparingly.
This is the ONLY game out there that has to do with snow, can you believe that? Obviously then it deserves to be included in our list of things to do on a snow day. Obviously here Santa has to kill all the bad men and evil elves with his crazy arms and snowballs. The lite version has one level and it's free, so definitely check it out. I sat inside and played this game after having my own snowball fight. The game is much more traumatic I'd say.
This is by far the most useful and coolest snow app there is right now. This is the first time the iPhone and it's app store have been together for a snowy season, so hopefully more come next time. Right now though, this one rocks. There are many apps out there that do similar things as the North Face app, but they all cost money when The North Face App is free. It is basically an app that will tell you how much snow fell and which resort it fell it. It's made for skiers and snowboarders clearly. But it goes further offering almost an unlimited supply of resorts. It tells you if they are closed, has a trail map which looks awesome (see below), and even can take you to the resorts website. Just incase you want to check it out and contact them. I'm impressed that North Face put together such an awesome app. This is definitely number one in my book.
I've successfully given you all the tools you need on a snowy day, especially if you love to ski or snowboard. I know someone out there does. Take these tools and wait for the snow to come, be careful and have fun. Thoughts or comments let me know, thanks for reading!
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New Gods: Nezha Reborn (新神榜:哪吒重生): Movie Review
"New Gods: Nezha Reborn" was a visual and thrilling treat from start to finish. Featuring countless fights and huge setpieces that can rival any blockbuster superhero film out in the wild, it also has the same formulaic beats. Although the film doesn't really present anything unique to viewers, its still action-packed and fun through and through.
The normal citizens of Donghai are struggling as there has been a water shortage so much so that water is now more valuable than gold. The city's water is controlled by the powerful Dragon Clan who is rich, powerful, and manipulative at their core. Li Yunxiang is an orinary man who works as a smuggler to make ends meet. He accidentally meets the son of the Dragon Clan who takes interest in his motorcycle. Li refuses to give his bike and in the process gets himself seriously hurt. About to die in the hands of the Dragon Clan, he suddenly bursts into flames revealing a power within himself he has never known about - the primordial spirit of the powerful boy-god Nezha is within him. With the reincarnation of a god within him, can Li finally find the path to goodness and heroism?
"New Gods: Nezha Reborn", at its core, is a superhero origin story so expect it to feel very familiar elements and character developments when it comes to main narrative. It's not a bad thing as this formula has proven to work good enough time and again. But what we're trying to say here is that this film will be very predictable so don't expect any surprises. What sets the film apart is the mythos behind the powers of our characters. Donghai City has a very unique world. One that is a mix of modern and vintage elements, of technology and gods. If you know the video game "Final Fantasy XV", then the world "New Gods: Nezha Reborn" is pretty close to that one. Likewise, the visual effects gave off video game vibes at times and while it had mixed visual effects (scenes tended to vary in quality), the film was highly-entertaining and well-shot when it came to its numerous chase scenes and fight scenes. As for its narrative, the story was just okay. The explanation on gods and reincarnation was a little bit too much at times for our tastes and the almost two hour runtime could have been trimmed down a bit. Overall all though, "New Gods: Nezha Reborn" was a complete surprise. We are at a point where Chinese-made films can easily rival what Hollywood has to offer and this film was a clear example of that fact.
- highly-entertaining from start to finish - the unique and breathtaking Donghai City was a character in itself
- the two hour runtime could have been trimmed down - the visual quality varied from scene to scene
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Interview with Lionel B
Posted on 25 Sep 2020 by musicrockchannel
Lionel B From The Lionel B Show Talks His Internet Fame & Debut Album With MTV
Viral YouTube star and rapper Lionel B sat down with MTV Rock for an exclusive interview, to talk about his new album 'The Lionel B Show Vol. 1' and is one of the top celebrity bloggers on YouTube. An amazing emerging artist, whose multifaceted, we present to you the talented celebrity news personality/rapper. You're well known on YouTube, what made you switch to rapping? I've been in the music industry for a very long time before YouTube and a lot of people just didn't know about it because I was low key. I always had skills to rap. Losing my mother this year, just gave me the ambition to go way harder with all my talents. Tell us more about your debut album. Any features, how many tracks? My debut album is named after my channel "The Lionel B Show". I thought it was a proper name being that I'm displaying so many different sides of me. I'm giving you the side that you don't get to see or hear on YouTube. I'll probably keep this album at 3 features only. I've got a summer time track with Papa Duck, and a nice laid-back West Coast type vibe track that I plan to release with Tupac's Outlawz member E.D.I. Mean. The album is gonna have 12 songs on there. Are you signed to a label? No I'm straight independent. I'm not really looking for a record contract. I'd take a label deal before I'd sign a recording contract. I like being indie. It's freedom and flexibility. I can release whatever and whenever, and keep my creativity in tact. You got a whopping 82 million views on YouTube! How did you achieve that? By again just being me and being creative. I have my own unique style and paired with my humor, it made people gravitate to my platform. Are you planning on leaving your huge channel for music? No that's not in the plans. I still enjoy doing YouTube and that's another creative side I get to display. I love making the older bloggers on there step they game up. I've already did that and plan on doing much more of that. What's next for Lionel B and the Lionel B Show? More growth, and reaching new heights. After this album, I'm gonna be working on a mixtape next, and then "The Lionel B Show Vol. 2" is gonna be dropping next year sometime. By then I'll be sitting at a half a million subscribers on YouTube. I'm enjoying making this amazing music and great videos. How can fans connect with Lionel B? You can reach me on my website: https://www.thelionelbshow.com Social networks: https://www.instagram.com/thelionelbshow https://www.twitter.com/thelionelbshow https://www.facebook.com/thelionelbshow Email: platinumprmusicgroup@gmail.com
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CPR Network Expands in New York State
CPR Provides Fast, Affordable Repairs for Phones, Tablets, Laptops and Game Consoles
INDEPENDENCE, OH / ACCESSWIRE / August 23, 2019 / CPR Cell Phone Repair is pleased to announce the addition of a new location to its franchise. The network welcomes store owner, Jonathon Layish, and congratulates him on the opening of CPR Binghamton.
To learn more about CPR Cell Phone Repair Binghamton, please visit: http://www.cellphonerepair.com/binghamton-ny/.
"On behalf of the team at corporate, we're looking forward to expanding our presence in the Southern Tier region of New York state," said Chris Jourdan, Director of Franchise Operations at CPR Cell Phone Repair. "Jonathon's continued interest in technology repair and dedication to customer service will serve him well in this new role."
Binghamton is located in central New York just a few miles north of the Pennsylvania border. This healthcare- and education-focused city has a rich history which is proudly displayed throughout its arts, dining, and entertainment scenes. Sharing a community space with Binghamton University, CPR looks forward to providing students and residents with more affordable repair solutions. From traditional repairs like cracked screens and broken buttons to more complex issues like water damage, CPR Binghamton is the go-to for exceptional service. Jonathan's store will also offer a selection of premium like-new smartphones available for purchase.
"It is very exciting for me to further align my expertise in technology with my passion for entrepreneurship," said Jonathon. "My team and I very much look forward to providing Binghamton residents with quality repair services for smartphones, tablets, and other devices."
In addition to his new CPR venture, Jonathon is also the president and founder of another business and consumer technology group. He is a graduate of Binghamton University where he studied Philosophy. Outside of work, he enjoys hockey and spending time with his loved ones. To begin a repair with CPR Binghamton, please visit the store in-person or contact Jonathan and his staff at the details provided below.
CPR Cell Phone Repair Binghamton is located at:
Please contact the store at 607-235-5216 or via email: repairs@cpr-binghamton.com
Please visit the website: https://www.cellphonerepair.com/binghamton-ny/
About CPR Cell Phone Repair:
Founded in Orlando, Fla. in 1996, CPR Cell Phone Repair is the fastest growing wireless technology franchise in North America and operates over 800 locations internationally. As a pioneer and leader in the electronics repair industry, CPR offers same-day repair and refurbishing services for cell phones, laptops, gaming systems, digital music players, tablets, and other personal electronic devices. For four straight years, CPR was named in Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500 List. In 2019, CPR was ranked in the top 25 of the list and placed as the number one business for tech business franchises. For more information about CPR Cell Phone Repair and franchise opportunities, visit https://www.cellphonerepair.com/ or call 877-856-5101.
Mark Sweeterman
msweeterman@merrymtg.com
SOURCE: CPR Cell Phone Repair
https://www.accesswire.com/557228/CPR-Network-Expands-in-New-York-State


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Bishop seeks DNA test to prove child's paternity
House of Grace cleric David Muriithi now wants a DNA test of a child he sired with his former mistress.
Muriithi, through his lawyer Felistus Njoroge, wants the Children's Court to issue an order allowing a DNA test to be conducted to the two- year-old child to ascertain whether he is the biological father.
"We seek for a DNA test as my client has only admitted to a relationship and not paternity as the woman has claimed," said Njoroge.
However, the woman known as JM urged Resident Magistrate Festus Terer to direct the cleric to file a formal application for the test.
On Muriithi's request to bar the media from covering the case, the woman through lawyer Danstan Omari informed the court that even though they do not oppose the prayer, there is an order obtained by Kenya Union of Journalists that lifted a gag order in another child case.
Njoroge insisted that even though there is an order from the High Court, this is a children's matter and should not be covered.
He accused the woman of prosecuting her case through the media in a bid to sensationalise the issue.
Formal application
However, Terer directed the Bishop to file the formal application for DNA as is required by law and serve the woman.
Terer also declined to bar the media from covering the case as had been pleaded by the Muriithi.
In the case, the woman sued the Bishop seeking Sh100,000 monthly allowance for child maintenance for her two-year-old son.
Muriithi has since confirmed that he will support his son by only Sh10,000 monthly. This is after he has revealed in court papers filed in court that he had a shortlived relationship on and off with the woman which ended in the year 2018.
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The bishop states that he was not aware that the woman was pregnant and she never disclosed to him that she was pregnant.
He says he had an on and off with the woman which ended in 2018.
"When I met the applicant she was living in her own rented house with her other teenage child sired from a different relation where she paid her own rent," Muriithi stated.
He says that at no point did the woman disclose to me that she was pregnant.
BY PD.co.ke
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Anyone can improvise over the four-chord progressions of the Romanesca pattern at the heart of the famous Greensleeves melody. In less than one hour, Adam Gilbert will have you playing or singing variations over Greensleeves in Renaissance and Baroque styles, from the simplest four note melodies to florid scales, arpeggios, and fancy passages. It's fun, exciting, and no one has yet been injured in the process. Bring your instrument or voice to join in the slightly scary but oh so exciting fun!


Parental therapy is a type of psychotherapy. It helps families or individuals within a family understand and improve the way family members interact with each other and resolve conflicts. Your family can be your greatest source of support, comfort and love. But it can also be your greatest source of pain and grief. A health crisis, work problems or teenage rebellion may threaten to tear your family apart. Parental therapy may help your family weather the storm. Parental therapy can help patch strained relationships among family members and improve how your family works together. The staff at NuView have extensive training and credentials to identify and help define a plan for a balanced family.


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import org.junit.Test;

import java.io.IOException;

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The team at CR Archaeology discovered the bones in a stone cist grave beneath a wall at Old St Mary's Church, Nefyn – now a maritime museum – 18 months ago.
Tests confirmed she was aged 60 when she died and was buried around 1180.
The team are now working to find out more about her lifestyle and diet.


Superb as jig trailers or fished Texas style, Flappin CrawZ produce an enticing action and vibration, both on the fall and retrieve. At rest, their claws float up off the bottom to realistically mimic a crawfish's natural defensive position. These versatile, heavy cover baits are ready for battle in the harshest conditions.


On the eve of National Day, a team of volunteers from AXA Singapore lined up a series of creative and engaging activities for our children to celebrate our Nation's birthday!
Keep Calm and Let's Go Bowling!
It's been a month into term 3 and stresses of school are mounting! Thankfully, the awesome people at Sembcorp Industries Ltd. invited us to have a night of fun with them at Orchid Bowl @ The Chevrons.
In our previous post, "We are EXPANDING! (806 King George's Avenue)" we announced that we are expanding our reach to 806 King George's Avenue! With our second Youth Centre and our first Seniors Centre, we will be reaching out to 5,000 families and MORE!
We are an Institution of a Public Character AGAIN!
Hope Centre (Singapore) is once again awarded the status of an Institution of a Public Character (IPC) by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth for the second year!
This Easter, 20 volunteers from Sembcorp Industries Ltd threw a Easter "EGG-travaganza" for 18 of our children and their parents.
Project Sparkle is our annual initiative to bless the residents of our community by helping them to clean up their rental flats. 2018 marks our 7th year running this initiative. This year, we had 3200 volunteers of all ages, from all over Singapore, gather together to join us in this meaningful cause.


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import java.net.URL;
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import java.security.ProtectionDomain;

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    }
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In November 2017 7~10 day, machine of essence of heart horse Ji Sen (the grand activity that DMG MORI) was the practice of new technology center to hold by a definite date 4 days in Shanghai. New technology center is located in Min travel area, cover an area of a face to accumulate 1735 ㎡, be up to now the biggest inside limits of DMG MORI Asia reveal office, displayed in the exhibition hall come from product of innovation of DMG MORI whole set — 22 machine tools revealed DMG MORI to be in in the round digitlization, aerospace, mould, add material to make the outstanding technology that reachs car domain, and this locality turns the positive result of plentiful and substantial that the domain such as production mixes. New start, new form, of new technology center establish adumbrative DMG MORI going up to come true to span again to the road of service supplier transition from product supplier. President of DMG MORI limited company Dr. Sen Yayan and chairman of DMG MORI joint-stock company Mr Kelisidian Teneisi attended an opening ceremony, held round table with media, the development centre of gravity that did not come for some time to DMG MORI and this locality that are in China changed layout to undertake be unscramblinged deep. "DMG MORI serves as two big heart in sea of Chinese general above and Tianjin, shanghai will be regarded as a technology center and groom institute, the production that Tianjin is us makes a center. Today, center of Shanghai new technology is royal practice, if you walked into this technology center, meeting profundity is experienced, here reveal a space very big, revealed DMG MORI to have representative innovation product not only, still showed the actual strength that we are breeding the key to solve a respect, arrive from automation, test application, pay key service, have everything that one expects to find. At the same time we also devote oneself to to make Shanghai technology center into to groom institute, offer all-around skill to groom for user of Chinese this locality, solve real problem for them. " Dr. Sen Yayan leaves piece say. As Chinese machine tool treatment market transition upgrades the ceaseless development of strength, most China enterprise has realized they must enter a higher treatment level, ability gets used to the market to score a success. Accordingly, they need high accuracy, high quality machine tool, and more complete solution, "This also is the concept that we did not devote oneself to to be communicated to user of Chinese this locality. " Mr Teneisi elaborated • of the Si Dian in the gram a few when nearly two annual meeting pay close attention to DMG MORI main way, namely automation, digitlization, add material to make, outstanding technology, this locality turns production, his explanation says, "Automation is China of implementation of help China user those who produce 2025 strategies program is important one annulus, DMG MORI is increasing the capacity of research and development of solution of this locality automation in Chinese market at present, tianjin plant is already OK and own design of research and development lies add automation product line, service at this locality user, obtained very good feedback. " the machined unit to attract numerous visitor by the automation of research and development of mill of DMG MORI Tianjin attention in the exhibition hall. Digitlization respect, the CELOS of DMG MORI can arrive from originality the angle of complete craft catenary of finished product, will help an user build platform of foundation of digital chemical plant, before having more, roll out on EMO Hannover 2017 before long be based on ADAMOS(to suit oneself make open type solution) strategy of global digitlization factory is allied, these make the user that help strength digitlization zoology system of the whole world. "DMG MORI goes in the foremost follow that the industry grows from beginning to end, arm with innovation technology ceaselessly oneself. " Mr Teneisi catchs • of the Si Dian in the gram say, what he indicates here also is DMG MORI in the revolutionary progress that adds material to create a field, in new technology center, DMG MORI is special installed add material to make show a region, put a LASERTEC 65 3D to add material to make equipment and equipment of laser beam machining of a LASERTEC 20 Linear, aim to emphasize what DMG MORI makes to adding capable person taking seriously. The outstanding skill that DMG MORI shows around domain of aerospace, car, mould and solution also are regarded as the main component of new technology center. "The demand of Chinese user is producing very tremendous change, what they need previously is machine tool itself, what they need now is technical partner, this needs us to having more deep understanding to the applied domain of the machine tool. " Dr. Sen Yayan expresses, "DMG MORI is very big henceforth the user of technical capability help that how the key that works partly passes oneself namely scores a success, the target industry that we aim at basically has 4 big board piece, namely aerospace, car, mould, medical treatment. " to shorten the delivery of the solution is periodic, improve quality, DMG MORI is special invited the partner that comes from component of fluid of software, cutting tool, cutting, function to undertake revealing in the exhibition hall, the purpose offers one-stop solution to this locality user namely. Now nowadays, DMG MORI has many 4100 user in China, the machine tool retains the quantity exceeds 10 thousand, and these numbers still are in constant growth. How to provide better technical service for these users, it is the austere task that DMG MORI faces. DMG MORI exceeds 300 people in Chinese employee, this one word still can increase future, "Believe firmly undoubted is, responsible service, technology grooms, employee scale of education will continue to promote. " Dr. Sen Yayan conveyed DMG MORI to last finally the determination that thorough China market grows.


This trip designed for individual traveller who is keen to explore all aspects of the Mekong Delta. Ho Chi Minh, Cu Chi Tunnel, Vinh Long, Cai Be floating market, Can Tho, Chau Doc and Sa Dec are some of what you will see on this itinerary.
Discover the Mekong delta, its exciting life. Taking part in floating markets, boat trip in the river to the remote areas of Mekong river and test some juicy fruits.


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Michelle Dyche has been working in the hospitality industry for more than 12 years. Ranging work experience from fine dining to upbeat, fast paced service. She is well rounded in all styles of front of house service, in addition she has been an intricate part of the kitchen from menus to execution. Michelle will bring knowledge, execution and organization to any event along with enthusiasm and a positive attitude while exceeding her client's expectations.


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Introduction We developed a first-person serious game, PediatricSim, to teach and assess performances on seven critical pediatric scenarios (anaphylaxis, bronchiolitis, diabetic ketoacidosis, respiratory failure, seizure, septic shock, and supraventricular tachycardia). In the game, players are placed in the role of a code leader and direct patient management by selecting from various assessment and treatment options. The objective of this study was to obtain supportive validity evidence for the PediatricSim game scores.
Methods Game content was developed by 11 subject matter experts and followed the American Heart Association's 2011 Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Manual and other authoritative references. Sixty subjects with three different levels of experience were enrolled to play the game. Before game play, subjects completed a 40-item written pretest of knowledge. Game scores were compared between subject groups using scoring rubrics developed for the scenarios. Validity evidence was established and interpreted according to Messick's framework.
Results Content validity was supported by a game development process that involved expert experience, focused literature review, and pilot testing. Subjects rated the game favorably for engagement, realism, and educational value. Interrater agreement on game scoring was excellent (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.91, 95% confidence interval = 0.89–0.9). Game scores were higher for attendings followed by residents then medical students (P c < 0.01) with large effect sizes (1.6–4.4) for each comparison. There was a very strong, positive correlation between game and written test scores (r = 0.84, P < 0.01).
Conclusions These findings contribute validity evidence for PediatricSim game scores to assess knowledge of pediatric emergency medicine resuscitation.
From the Saint Louis University School of Medicine (J.M.G., A.J.S., S.N., R.K.C.), St. Louis, MO; Brooke Army Medical Center (M.A.B.), Fort Sam Houston, TX; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (M.A.B., B.L.F.), Bethesda, MD; Medical College of Georgia (C.M.W.), Augusta University, Augusta, GA; Naval Medical Center San Diego (C.E.B.), San Diego, CA; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (C.E.B.), Bethesda, MD; Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (T.P.C.), Los Angeles, CA; Yale University School of Medicine (M.A.), New Haven, CT; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (D.O.K.), New York, NY; Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (B.L.F.), Portsmouth, VA; Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (B.S.P.), Lubbock, TX; Department of Psychiatry (S.N.), Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; and Val G. Hemming Simulation Center (J.O.L.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
Reprints: James M. Gerard, MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine & SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, Room G644, 1465 South Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104 (e-mail: gerardjm@slu.edu).
Supported by the Office of Naval Research.
This work should be attributed to the Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
The view(s) expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of Brooke Army Medical Center, the US Army Medical Department, the US Army Office of the Surgeon General, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Army, or the Department of Defense, or the US Government.
Simulation in Healthcare13(3):168-180, June 2018.


I take a lot of pictures, in fact, after reviewing the Picture Keeper–I discovered I have over 18, 000 pictures in one computer alone. That's not including my laptop, tablet or smartphone.
By taking pictures, we capture life's unforgettable moments, achievements, growth, beautiful landscapes, experiences and so much more. For me, this is priceless, it can't be replaced if lost. Of course, we always have those memories but, losing them would be a monumental loss.
Two years ago, I began to experience the blue screen of death on my computer. I didn't have a form of back-up on my PC, simply because I never got around to it. Well, I managed to get as many pictures I could before my hard drive crashed. But, losing a huge chunk of pictures was inevitable and it did happen.
It was such a blow, I managed to recover a lot of those lost pictures through my social media and blog but, otherwise. They are gone. I held onto the hard drive to bring to my local computer store so that they can try to recover any files from the hard drive.
This is a small device that fits in the palm of your hand. One that will protect your pictures and store them safely. They come in various sizes and have different storage capabilities depending on the size of your pictures. A device that can quickly scan, store and protect your pictures for safekeeping.
Easily use with your digital photo frame, favorite print kiosk or keep in a fire-proof safe.
Simple. Easy. Ready to GO.
What I loved the most was how simple it was to use. There's nothing to install, no fuss, nothing. I took the Picture Keeper, plugged it in and just hit 'START BACKUP' and off it went. It scanned all of the pictures on my computer, skipped duplicates and I was even able to work while it did it and it didn't lag my PC. Pictured above, you can see the step by step on my desktop.
Another cool thing about Picture Keeper is that they have a mobile app. The Picture Keeper Mobile app for iPhone, iPad and Android provides a simple, easy way to wirelessly backup the photos on your mobile device to your computer. The PK app is the perfect companion to your Picture Keeper USB drive or can be used alone to ensure your mobile photos are never left to chance.
I think that is a great tool, especially in those moments when time isn't on your side and your PC may be going and you need an easy and quick way to back-up those precious moments. The only downside is that if you take very large pictures like I do, it minimizes the space available in the drive. That's understandable though, so if you take larger photos, you may want to consider the PK PRO or resize your pictures.
A PK4 Up for Grabs!
One lucky winner will win a PK4 to store and capture all of their precious pictures and memories. This contest is open to the US/CAN and opens on February 26th, 2014 and ends on March 13th, 2014.
Don't leave your pictures to chance, it's devastating when you lose it all. I know that I take EVERY precaution to save my pictures and back them up as much as I can so that I never have to worry or suffer that loss. For more information, check out Picture Keeper on Facebook, here. Follow @PictureKeeper on Twitter for the latest updates as well.
How much space do you think you would need to store your pictures?
I'd need a PK Pro – yes, we do have a lot of pictures!
I think I'd need the PRO! I have 3,000 pics on my phone right now, just from September. Yes, I have a problem.
That does sound handy. Great way to keep them safe.
I SO need this, my desktop is filled with thousands of pictures and unfortunately I got a virus and lost some of them.
OH NO. Man, that is awful. This is so fast and easy, seriously!
I need to investigate this further because I think it will be an ideal solution for me. The PK Pro is probably what I'd start with.
That is what I would need.
I totally need to do thi I just never find the time to do it all. Great post!
Thanks! Do it as soon as you can. I did not do it and lost a lot.
I would need the PK16, but ultimately would like the PK Pro. My husband has thousands of pics on his phone alone, andI probably easily have close to 10 thousand pictures on my computer right now. Easily.
I have 18, 000 in one computer so I believe it!
No lag on the computer? SOLD! That convinced me!
NO LAG! That is a must for me, I have other things to do than to sit and watch my pics get backed up. LOL. You know how it is!
Wow, this is such a great alternative to having to download everything to shutterfly! I have about 900 photos on my phone right now!
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All you do is plug it in, start backup and you\'re good to go.
I'd easily need the PRO version as well – we save every photo!
We've lost so many photos due to computer problems. I wish we had this before my computers started crashing.
I am with you. I have lost too much to leave it to chance ever again.
Definitely, make copies of copies of copies. 😀 Sorry to hear you lost it all. I can feel you, it happened to me too.
I would definitely need the largest size to store all of mine. This is great for transferring to a new computer too.
Yes!! i need this. I would want the biggest one they make. This is such a great idea!!
I would need the PRO. I have a LOT of pictures!
The PK Pro would be best!
Being a mommy and a blogger, I would have to say the Pro lol! But, winning this would be amazing!
I so need this! My hubby keeps telling me I need to back up my photos!!!
I'd probably need the 16 at least. Lot's of photos here!
The PK 4 that holds 4,000 would work for now! I really need to load all the pictures of my phone onto a picture keeper! So glad I found your review!
I'd only need the PK4, but my husband would need the PK Pro.
The PK Pro! I am ALWAYS taking pictures!
I have one of these. It is handy and makes for a great gift idea.
I could definitely use a PK Pro for all our photos!
I think the PK 16 would do for now. I love that it will scan for your photos and skip the duplicates!
I love the PK 16 but don't actually have that many pictures…yet.
I would need the PK Pro to hold all the pictures I currently have on my computer, I have over 15GB of them already! I had no idea lol wow!
The PK Pro would be right for us! We have a lot of images.
For myself I am thinking for PK 4, for my husband – the biggest one. He loves taking pictures.
I have over 26,000 pictures on my computer that I need to save. Thanks for the idea. I might check out Picture Keeper.
PK16 would probably work for me!
The PK Pro for sure!


Jordan Brand launched the Retro Remaster initiative in spring of 2015. In response to consumer feedback, it incorporated enhanced color options, cushioning, materials and shapes while retaining each shoe's original character. The brand sustains this initiative by evolving the remastering process and reintroducing the Nike Air logo on the heels of storied silhouettes. The decision, which honors original designs like never before, was approved by Michael Jordan and continues with the Air Jordan 4 Retro 'Cement'.
The fan-favorite Air Jordan 4 Retro 'Cement' returns for the first time since 1999, complete with randomized paint splashes, premium leather uppers and the famous NIKE AIR logo on the heel. The Air Jordan4 Retro 'Cement' launches Saturday, February 13th in-store only at 10AM. Retail is $220. Please register for our raffle in-store only for a chance to purchase this shoe on release day. The deadline to enter the raffle is Wednesday, February 10th at 5PM.


Every year there's always that team that helps bring out the "my bracket is busted" guy.
Some people like to use that played out joke the first day of games, some at least save it for the second weekend.
Loyola-Chicago is actually making that statement legit though, moving on to the FiInal Four, and giving us more and more Sister Jean bits that seem to take over social media.
Most don't expect them to win the whole thing, although no one expected them to get to the Final Four either.
Someone who knows a thing or two about being a Cinderella, feels differently about Loyola-Chicago though.
I caught up with former George Mason guard Lamar Butler on 106.7 The Fan, and he wasn't shy about not only this year's Cinderella's chances of winning it all, but how to fix college basketball too.


Rooting Android and installing a custom ROM – Part 2 – The process of Rooting | 22 Point Blog!
In Part 1 of this guide we explored what benefits and pitfalls there could be in Rooting your device and installing a custom ROM. In this part, I will cover the process as I experienced it when I Rooted my Galaxy Note II.
One of the reasons manufacturers tweak Android is to make it work best with their own hardware – whether that is the display driver for the screen, the audio driver for the inbuilt speaker or the software to make the S-Pen work on Samsung's Note devices. Because of this, the process for Rooting and installing a custom ROM varies from device to device and the best thing to do is research which ROM you might like to install and whether there is a version of that for your specific model.
In setting up Cyanogenmod on my Galaxy Note II for instance, I basically followed the instructions from the Cyanogenmod wiki at: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_t0lte I've tried to break the steps up into fairly plain English below, but it is a fairly technical undertaking so the more you understand about the process, the more it will help if and when it comes to troubleshooting problems.
1) Install software on your computer which lets it communicate with your device, on a lower level than you can when you simply connect it as a drive you can copy your music to.
3) Download the file for the specific ROM you are installing (Cyanogenmod in my case).
4) In Windows I also had to replace the driver the computer used to recognise my phone with one with more features (akin to replacing the default windows sound driver with the one made by your sound card manufacturer which lets you access the more advanced features of your hardware). This step wasn't needed for Mac or Linux users.
5) Connect the phone to the computer, start it into download mode (home, volume down and power on mine) and flash the recovery image to it (a little like updating the BIOS software on your computer).
So far we've been working entirely from the PC, but at this point it helps to be able to see what the phone is doing so you know it's communicating as it should. From this point we've got the device in a state similar to working in the BIOS on a PC so you won't have the same level of accessibility as when the phone is running normally. It also tends to use a very small font so a friend with good eyesight, a handheld magnifier or a video magnifier would be very useful from here on in.
6) Reboot the device into recovery mode (slightly different to download mode) where you can setup your custom ROM.
7) Copy the ROM install file onto your device.
8) Run the install file for Cyanogenmod (no prompts during this phase, it's basically just unpacking files – we'll get to setting up your preferences and things shortly).
9) Once that's finished installing (and visually it's a fairly subtle change, basically the menu is available again) you can then reboot the device normally, Cyanogenmod will start up and present you with a series of screens not entirely unlike what you get with any new device when you unbox it – allowing you to setup your WiFi network, Google login, etc. Because the previous parts took me so long, I didn't play with the accessibility at this point as much as I had intended, but it should work as advertised for your chosen ROM. From here, you can setup the phone, explore the options and download and setup apps as you would normally and Talkback or Magnification gestures etc should work normally.
– Replacing the Windows driver for my phone: The instructions said to replace either the Samsung, or "Gadget serial" etc driver – unfortunately for me the "Gadget serial" driver on my computer was the one running my keyboard! So I ended up with no keyboard for awhile until I changed it to a different port and installed a new keyboard driver!
– Copying the Cyanogenmod install file to my phone which I should have been able to do using ADB but it just refused to recognise anything on my phone was mounted so in the end I copied the file manually to my SD card and was able to run it from there when I put it back in the phone. The tricky thing is that if all goes to plan, you might need eyes to help for about ten minutes, and if all doesn't go to plan, it could take much longer – the whole process for me ended up taking five hours, even looking back in hindsight, most of which couldn't have been anticipated or avoided.


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The movie's revenue split The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Between 35 million and 40 thousand dollars in US theaters, and 21 million and 855 thousand dollars in theaters around the world.
Witness a movie The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Bodyguard Michael Bryce, played by Reynolds, and assassin Darius Kincaid, played by Jackson, return on another life-threatening mission, this time joined by Darius' wife Sonya, played by Hayek..
International star Salma Hayek participates in the sequel to the movie The Hitman's Bodyguard Released in 2017, and grossed $176 million worldwide, this action-comedy is witnessing "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard"Bodyguard Michael Bryce, played by Reynolds, and killer Darius Kincaid, played by Jackson, return on another life-threatening mission, this time joined by Darius' wife Sonya, played by Hayek, and co-stars Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman..
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I'm a little scatterbrained today, no time to talk about magic.
I just got two great job offers. The only trouble I'm having is deciding which boss I'd want to work for more. Going to have to think this one through.
It's a real brainbuster. I hope I make the right choice.
Oh, by the way, here's a sweet pic a security cam caught of the "BIG bright smile" I gave Option A.


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Korean Circ J. 2017 Sep;47(5):705-713. English. Original Article. https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2017.0044
Comparison of the Infarct Size between the Loading of Ticagrelor and Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Yun KH , Rhee SJ , Ko JS .
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Center, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea. bsjsh@chol.com
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Ticagrelor is considered a potent antiplatelet agent compared to clopidogrel. However, there are no studies regarding the effect of ticagrelor loading on infarct size in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) setting. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In this single-center, randomized, open-label study, 188 patients who underwent primary PCI for STEMI were enrolled (92 patients in the clopidogrel group and 96 in the ticagrelor group) and compared the infarct size by technetium-99m (Tc-99m) tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and serial cardiac biomarker levels between the groups. SPECT was performed at a median of 2 days after PCI. RESULTS: Baseline clinical and procedural characteristics were similar between the groups. Infarct size on SPECT, was similar between the 2 groups (28.1%±34.5% vs. 32.8%±29.2%; p=0.169). At all time-points after PCI (8, 24, and 48 hours), the peak levels of creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) and troponin T were lower in the clopidogrel group. The clopidogrel group showed lower cumulative troponin T levels than the ticagrelor group (12.59±10.66 vs. 17.67±19.51 ng/mL; p=0.029). CONCLUSION: Ticagrelor loading before primary PCI was not associated with reduced myocardial infarct size during the first 48 hours, compared to clopidogrel loading.
Author Keywords expand_less expand_more Angioplasty Myocardial infarction Blood platelets Receptors, purinergic P2Y12
MeSH Terms expand_less expand_more Angioplasty Blood Platelets Creatine Humans Myocardial Infarction Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Receptors, Purinergic P2Y12 Tomography, Emission-Computed Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Troponin T


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I've been a Christian for a long time. I could write essays about Christianity. I even have an 'O' level to prove it. When I've interacted with God, perhaps in finding a Bible verse through which God speaks, or I have been worshipping him, I can see afresh something lovely about God and his perspective.
Yet lately I am feeling surprised by how lovely God is. It's like someone opened a window and the fresh air is stirring my awareness of a fragrance that was already in the room. I think I was so busy trying to understand, or strive to be good, that I wasn't in in the mood to enjoy God much at all. I was trying to broadcast something, but I needed to just look up, or open a spiritual window, and turn my gaze on him, not me.
Even when he wants us to deal with the heavy stuff, he brings his companionship and joy into it. I don't think I expected joy. I know CS Lewis has something to say about that – he wrote a whole book called 'Surprised by Joy'; but the truth is we each have to find it for ourselves.
I can't give you a formula for getting to where I'm at, if you want to be there; and if you do, I hope you'll overtake me very soon, because to be honest I've been in the slow but steady lane. All I can give you is the same directions he gave me: look up; follow him; keep seeking him; believe in the Father, believe also in Jesus; he will continue to reveal himself to you if you're open to that.
He's keeping his word. And the more I go on, the more I realise that experiences I thought would be heavy and religious, possibly proving me inadequate, has no part in what he actually is all about. What he seems to be about is full of life.
Something seems to have shifted in our church. Maybe it was the day of committed prayer a lot of us spent on Tuesday. If that's so, God has answered and done more in one day than months of our striving ever did. We particularly prayed for the church to be open to whatever the Spirit of God wanted to do. Maybe it was just 'time'. Whatever the reason, God seems to be carrying us into a happier season.
We're living in extraordinary times, when we are seeing God move among us, not just in healing power (Peter came to church again today without his crutches, like a new man;) but also in bringing unity to the church, there's a lightness in people even though we're nearing the end of term.
There are big shadows as well as bright lights: no-one can deny the troubles in the world are stacking up.
But there was a strong gentleness in our prayer meeting tonight, together with a willingness to stand up and speak or pray in front of others. It felt like we were in safe hands, as indeed we are.
Tonight we did the 'work' of prayer: entering into the painful places where things weren't right; acknowledging the levels of domestic violence in this country; praying for the work of Restored and their launch among faith leaders in the House of Lords tomorrow; hoping that it will be a turning point when someone had the faith to say, 'God wants this to happen, and I'm going to make a difference.' But it was also lovely to share the testimonies of how we have seen God's breakthroughs in gifts of unexpected healing and peace.
The invisible realities determine far more about our world than we often admit; it is not the other way around. Prayer enables us to stand with God and say, 'yes, we want your beautiful realities to appear on the earth.' We can never celebrate those enough.
There's nothing like God communicating with us. It beats everything. When I come home from church and I know I've heard from him, it gives me a recharge to my batteries like nothing else. I guess it's a bit like being away from home and getting a letter from your loved one. It is better than hearing a great talk – though it's one of my favourite ways to hear from him as I listen – and that sense of connection with him is better than any wonderful song, though that says a lot, because I love to connect with God as I listen to our wonderful musicians play and sing worship. When we stop talking, or singing, and we just listen, it's wonderful what God can do.
I say just listen, but actually I'm finding lately that what activates hearing from God is starting a conversation with him. Trying to blank my mind is no good – it blanks it – while God's trying to fill it!
It turns out that God is maybe not that interested in making big pronouncements from on high. Because I seem to hear from him more easily when I engage with him and I do that best by dialogue. Talking at him doesn't work – it needs to be real dialogue – saying (thinking) something and actually listening for an answer, thinking about it, then responding back to God.
We are all on this journey of discovering that takes faith. It's not (normally) an audible voice of God. From a technical point of view, I'm aware that hearing is an auditory event and a neurological event, and from what I can tell, when most people 'hear' from God they are sensing it as a neurological 'hearing', they are not sensing it as sound from somewhere. I have never yet literally heard God's voice – as in, looking around wondering who said that (but people in the Bible did, and I've met real,live people who have experienced just that). But I have heard everything but. As in, it wasn't through my ears, but my brain processed it as a heard thing. It was as surprising and as clear as day, and he said 'Look up!' On that occasion it was unmissable, but I still needed to believe that it just happened, not dismiss it. I confess I sort of acknowledged it, then turned back to what I had been doing, thinking, 'funny…that's nice'. It didn't occur to me God wanted dialogue.
That was years ago, and I spent a lot of time not taking any notice of that good advice (or rather, command). But it's been my favourite subject matter since then, to find out how we can engage with God.
It's so important not to be prescriptive with others, or ourselves, about how hearing from God 'should' be done. We are multi-faceted human beings, created for a relationship with a God who exceeds our understanding.
But today as the worship band played I had a number of scenarios play out in my imagination. and I asked God about them, and felt that I heard back. I'll call that a conversation.
Jesus said, 'My sheep know my voice'.
We hear a friend talking about something, and a phrase stands out. Almost like watching a movie and realising a character has spoken the key theme – it registers in your brain with extra importance. That's what it's often like.
It may be in reading the Bible – a word or a phrase lodges in your brain as if it were highlighted.
Through the world around us. God made people and he made the natural world. He often speaks to us in visual parables as well, if we're listening. We see a bridge over a street and something registers in us that later we find we recall, perhaps as we consider our role between two organisations. God uses circumstances and 'coincidences' in a similar way to grab our attention.
I'm struck that believing in God is much more concrete an experience and more fun that I ever imagined when I was a teenager.
Today I felt like God was equipping me for something, and soon he gave me the opportunity to join up with other people praying for someone's torn calf muscle to be healed. By then I felt full of confidence in God. As we commanded the pain to leave and the calf to be healed, to the man's delight and surprise, the pain went down from a 10 to a 5, and where he had not been able to even put his foot to the floor, he was able to put partial weight on it by the time we stopped praying, so we prayed that Jesus would continue to mend it as he rested overnight. It's totally outrageous from a human point of view, of course, because people alone cannot heal by words. But we're not alone. What a great God.
Why is this blog called 'Come Away'?
Because the most useful times I've had in my spiritual life in recent years have been those moments when I have stopped listening to everything that the outside world had to say, and started a conversation with God, and stopped to listen.
It was a good multi-sensory image to hold as I meditated on God's call to adventure.
It's not long now till retreat season for me. Two weeks of Christian festivals, then a three-week break, and another four days under canvas with nothing to do but sleep, wake, head to the big tent and worship God under a blue sky.
And if it rains, worship God as water falls around us.
Whenever someone else expresses their love of something for which I have a particular passion, like hand-drawn lettering, or a particular colour combination, I get this childish incredulity that someone else experiences the world in the same way I do. (This often happens when I'm reading Jane Brocket's yarnstorm blog). I love making connections and discovering that someone else shares this bit of cultural DNA. I discovered that making connections is an actual strength when my workplace used the awesome Strengthsfinder profiling tool a few years ago. It explains why I'm an inveterate recommender. Hyperlinks are how my brain works. This gets in the way when someone wants a logical answer but is great for creative leaps.
Another advantage is that it gives me a buzz when I find people in the Bible being recognisably like humans I know, in all our strengths and weaknesses. The one I find most normal is Peter (the disciple) who blurts out all sort of rubbish in moments of stress, and is also the one to throw himself wholeheartedly into things (following Jesus; stepping up to address a crowd; walking on water).
I didn't appreciate the disciples' normality when I was younger. I read the Bible through a false sense of superiority, forgetting that they were seeing these events for the first time, and I was seeing them through an established perspective. These disciples seemed frequently to misunderstand Jesus completely. How could they miss the point after three years with their rabbi?
But the passing years have taught me a little humility, and as I look back I see that, considering how long I've been a Christian, there are some beginner classes I still haven't finished. Perhaps that's normal too.
For example, last week I felt challenged about how little I was committed to being forgiving, which is right there in the centre of the Lord's Prayer: we ask our heavenly father to 'forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us'. How easily I allow this central discipline to slip down my priority list. Mostly because it's hard. So I want to do better at not letting the debts build up.
Why do we imagine it was somehow easier for the saints of history to be holy, as if they were not real? I think we forget that God promised to live in us as believers, and that we would only be super fruitful if we remained in him. In other words, it's all about him, not us.
Jane Brocket's blogpost on real women in stained glass got me thinking: 'I'm still looking,' she wrote, 'for women in windows who aren't saints, sinners, queens, angels or straight out of the Bible. Real women (like these) whose lives deserve to be memorialised in colourful stained and painted glass.' I know what she means on one level, of course: it's wonderful to see the recognisably familiar depicted in church art. Seeing little human details in the stained glass is fun and provoking. It got me thinking that the Bible's saints, so often the subject of church windows, were in fact very real, flawed people, who are nonetheless remembered for their strengths, not their failings.
The artists of the renaissance knew this; they depicted Biblical people in modern dress because they wanted us to remember that the men and women in the Bible were mortal beings as well, with all the same choices to allow life or death, good or evil to direct their hearts. Stanley Spencer, a British artist working between the wars, did the same.
We've all seen the colourful Victorian portrayals in glass windows of one of the virtues, pictured as a serene woman in archaic dress who is apparently not living in the cut and thrust of real life. One is tempted to think such qualities are only possible for those people of the past, whom we imagine lived in a more serene time.
But actually the Bible – and stained glass windows – have plenty of real people doing real things and living full of the power and holiness of God, in the real world. We have a tendency to see a person achieving great things for God and to think there's something special about them. We see the results, not the cause. That's the whole point of Jesus living on earth as a human, to be a man full of God, to teach us how man could be holy, and when our eyes are on the God who is the creative force behind these lives, then we have everything in the right place.
"Be holy, even as I am holy", 'I' being God: Peter the disciple (again) quotes this scripture in one of his letters, recorded in the Bible at 1 Peter 1:13-16. We do not become holy by striving towards extraordinary exploits for their own sake; we do it counter-intuitively, by knowing how small we are compared to God, and inviting him to live in us and empower us, and letting him take the driving seat. It is a much safer and more thrilling adventure than letting another human take over. It takes humility, cooperation and the ability to give God the glory. That's what we see happening in the Bible. And that's the most awesome connection ever.
The version I chose is from The Message, a paraphrase of the Bible written in contemporary language. If you would prefer a more literal translation, click the scripture reference above, and you will see both versions.
It's extraordinary what a great distance can separate our assumptions of what God wants, and what he said he wants. How many of us assume that if we keep more rules we will get more brownie points with God? We are trained from birth in that worldview, so no surprise really.
What surprises me most of all about this passage is that it is rarely the way I treat myself; I often ignore this advice for myself and others. Every time I come back to it I am jolted once again into the reality that God is much more joyful, light of spirit, and an attractive person to be around, than I usually expect. I've been seeing him more like that lately. He doesn't have random bad moods like we do! Does it surprise us that Jesus said the words above? There are many passages in the Bible that echo the same thoughts.


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Q: XPage - Open scans in browser I need to display uploaded scans (JPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, etc.) in the browser's window instead downloading them to a local pc and using external apps like Acrobat Reader.
I made some research in the web on that issue but wasn't really successful.
Does anyone have hints, code snippets, how to achieve that ?
EDIT :
Since I am not looking for a solution which supports viewing scans in a typical browser like Chrome, FireFox, etc. but supports viewing scans in an XPage view within Notes I need to ask my question again.
What is the best (recommended) way to view different types of scans, uploaded as PDF, JPG, TIFF, PNG, etc., in Notes within an XPage view ?

A: Take a look here, XPages: Embed PDF and possibly Office files
Here is some code that I have in an app for PDF's.
I tried using Bumpbox, and pdf.js and while I could get them working, iframes seemed to work best for me with using normal Domino attachment urls in xpages
I am not sure if this solution is right or not, but it works well for an app I have that only has PDFs. It does work on mobile too, at least on iOS.
<iframe
src="#{javascript:
var url = 'https://app.nsf/';

var doc = sessionScope.docID;

var atname = @RightBack(sessionScope.aname,'Body');

var end = '/$file'+atname;
return url+doc+end}"
    width="800" height="1000">
</iframe>

If you are looking at using different file types you need to use a renderer, give it the attachment URL, and then display what the renderer returns with. I haven't looked at this in a while so things might have changed. Look for a lightbox clone that can display pdf. I think Orangebox was one, bumpbox looks to not be updated but I was able to get that working for me.
This method will display everything inline. I would love to see some type of renderer like pdf.js for xpages.


Distance between Park and Newtownabbey. How many miles from Park to Newtownabbey.
The straight distance between Park (Northern Ireland) and Newtownabbey (Northern Ireland) is 46.62 mi, but the driving distance is 54.47 mi.
It takes 6 hours 30 mins to go from Park to Newtownabbey.